Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein claims that he has to charge a premium for the photo opportunities because fans are &quot;stealing music&quot;. He also blasts streaming services like Spotify, saying that musicians' shares are paltry.

The music industry continues to come to terms this week with the recent allegations against Ryan Adams, which saw multiple women—including one who was underage at the time—accuse him of engaging in emotionally and sexually abusive behavior against them. Universal Music Group pulled his upcoming album off its release schedule yesterday, and the FBI has announced that it’s investigating some of the charges against him. Now those reactions are trickling down to the radio stations where songs like his new single “**** The Rain” have been a consistent presence for decades, per a new Billboard investigative piece.

David Johansen, John Waite and other prominent 1970s musicians filed lawsuits on Tuesday accusing Sony Music Entertainment Inc and UMG Recordings Inc of improperly refusing to let them reclaim rights to songs they had long ago signed away.

Japan's Sony Corp raked in its highest-ever quarterly profit after booking one-time gains related to its acquisition of EMI, though shrinking earnings at the game division could further prompt investors to look for next growth drivers.

In the list of last year’s biggest North American concert tours, among the expected big-name pop acts like Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars was Dead & Company, a mix of original Grateful Dead musicians along with new players mining the band’s extensive back catalog.

Here we go again. To see previous years, click [here]. This data set is isolated to the calendar year 2018 and represents a mid-sized indie label with an approximately 250+ album catalog now generating almost 1b streams annually. 2018 is the year we saw streaming truly mature as the dominant source of recorded music revenues.&hellip;

The teenage bedroom is a place of mystery and, often, domestic horror—a cluttered and sometimes damp first attempt at expressing individual identity through interior decorating. Capturing this atmosphere on film requires a deft touch and a creative mind, something illustrated in a new piece by Broadly’s Sirin Kale that includes interviews with three production designers on their individual approaches to creating the bedrooms of famous teen characters.

Despite losing ground to Apple Music in the United States, Spotify is still the biggest music streaming service in the world. That said, it is still missing a few key features, but one of those missing features is finally in the testing phase.

Acclaimed producer Michael Beinhorn has worked with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Hole, Soundgarden, Marilyn Manson, Mew, Social Distortion and Ozzy Osbourne, and he's launched a new preproduction service. We chatted with him about it all.